I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Tommy on Apr 21st, 2014
Ben is staying with us for a couple days, so I’m having to make Tommy’s schoolwork preschooler-friendly. Today we learned greater than/less than/equal to with duplos!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 18th, 2014
Since Ben’s birthday was yesterday, we joined them at Underwood Farms for a playdate party. Unfortunately, it was also spring break, so Underwood decided to jack up their prices and strew tacky Easter eggs everywhere for the week. (Somehow I don’t find enormous pumpkins tacky–I just object to minivan sized Easter baskets.) The farmhand yelled […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 16th, 2014
We love, love, love Susan Wise Bauer’s Writing With Ease program. This week, Tommy’s narration and copywork passages are from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (via Green’s King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table). The girls always love listening in on his stories and helping answer the questions, and I decided they […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 11th, 2014
Derek took all three big kids to the big game Wednesday night while Janie and I stayed home and convalesced.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 7th, 2014
Derek had a conference this weekend on campus, and Hannah was flying into San Diego for a concert, with Eleanor driving down to meet up with her, so the kids and I decided to drive down to San Diego, too, and spend a couple nights in a hotel to hang out with our friends. While […]
Janie got her first set of duplos for her birthday from Uncle Matthew, and the big kids are happily showing her how to play with them!
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 31st, 2014
Well, we were at the doctor’s office three times this week. On Monday, Janie’s crabbiness and lethargy of the past three and a half weeks was explained–she had a double ear infection, quite bad, and yucky sounding breathing. We got her on antibiotics which turned her into a new baby within two days, but we […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 26th, 2014
We’ve been having lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa! On Monday, the kids asked to take them up to Santa Barbara to show them the Sea Center.
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 21st, 2014
Janie is on the mend, though still not quite her happy self. We did get a few cuter pictures of her yesterday. And Elizabeth was in a FOUL mood… In other news, Janie is weaned as of this morning. I’m gleefully pitching all my nasty nursing pajamas today!